Wisconsin delegation unites on Ukraine

7:39 PM,
Apr. 1, 2014

Russian soldiers unload a trainload of KAMAZ military trucks after their arrival at Ostryakovo railway station near the Crimean capital Simferopol on April 1, 2014. The Crimean crisis has sparked the most explosive East-West confrontation since the Cold War and fanned fears in Kiev that Russian President Vladimir Putin now intends to push his troops into southeast Ukraine.

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| Donovan Slack | Gannett Wisconsin Media Washington Bureau

The Wisconsin congressional delegation came together in a rare show of bipartisan unity to support legislation providing aid to Ukraine as the country grapples with Russian President Vladimir Putin's takeover of its Crimean peninsula and troop buildup along its eastern border.

The state's eight House members voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the bill, which includes $1 billion in loan guarantees, $50 million in democratization aid and $100 million in security assistance for Ukraine and other Central and Eastern European countries. The vote was 378-34.